Working Group "Living and Life in the City"
Members
DEHOGA Thuringia e. V. | Association of Municipalities and Cities of Thuringia e. V. | Retail Association Thuringia e. V. | Erfurt Chamber of Industry and Commerce | East Thuringia Chamber of Industry and Commerce | South Thuringia Chamber of Industry and Commerce | Initiative City Center Jena e. V. | LAG Socioculture Thuringia e. V. | Vacancy Agents | City of Gera | City of Ilmenau | Thuringian Agency for the Creative Economy | Thuringian Ministry for Digital Affairs and Infrastructure | Thuringian Ministry for Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Rural Areas | Thuringian Tourism GmbH | Association of Thuringian Housing and Real Estate Industry e. V.
What does the working group do?
The name of the working group “Living and Life in the City“ stands for the complexity of the task of sustainably strengthening city centers. The initiation and establishment of the working group since the founding of the alliance was associated with the goal of creating an efficient working structure for the development of sustainable strategies and integrating the diverse actors necessary for the process. The working group meets at regular intervals for consultations, professional exchange, know-how transfer, and the development of pilot projects. By March 2023, a total of 11 working group meetings had taken place.
Goals
The sustainable strengthening of the functional capacity of Thuringia's city centers is a central goal of the working group's efforts within the action alliance. With reference to the current challenges in the sustainable realignment of Thuringia's city centers, the working group engages in comprehensive information exchange and know-how transfer, as well as the conception and development of pilot projects and measures of a model character that are intended to be applicable in Thuringia's large, medium-sized, and small towns. In doing so, it builds on the experiences and results in the field of urban development across the different city types and focuses on priority fields of action and measures.
Results of the working group
By the end of 2022, the complex working structure was established, a comprehensive exchange took place on the overall topic and current main themes, initial strategic approaches were defined, participation in transfer events of urban development stakeholders in the Free State of Thuringia occurred, and, very concretely, the development of a "City Center Guide" for central urban development projects and measures was undertaken.
Further information
Climate
The main goals of the working group are to ensure comprehensive knowledge transfer and to develop pilot projects for climate adaptation and climate protection measures. Accordingly, the quality of life and stay in the city is a particular focus.
Vacancy management
The working group pursues the goal of developing solution approaches for various vacancy typologies in constructive discourse. No fear of change – but commitment to innovation.
